Data drives innovation in the life sciences. Collaborative teams in biomedical research, pharmacology, academia, government and national laboratories need to quickly and efficiently exchange and process vast amounts of data. New research technologies – in particular, next-generation genomic sequencing – create tens of gigabytes of data for each experimental run. Supporting the movement of these huge data sets, Aspera software provides breakthrough high-speed file transfer across the globe for projects which serve up vast public databases for the study of human genomic variation. Scientific users enjoy familiar Unix-style interfaces, embeddable APIs and user-friendly web and desktop GUIs.